Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has nominated Ontario judge Mahmud Jamal to the Supreme Court of Canada. Jamal, who would be the first person of colour to sit on the top court, was a longtime litigator before becoming a judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal two years ago. As a lawyer...
Nova Scotia reported 14 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday for a total of 97 known active cases. There are 12 new cases in the central health zone, all but one a close contact of a previously reported case. The other case is under investigation. There's also one new case in...
Second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available in Saskatchewan for residents age 45 and older or anyone who received their first dose on or before May 1, as of 8 a.m. Thursday. The age eligibility for Northern Saskatchewan Administration District (NSAD) is now 18 years and older for second...
The number of active COVID-19 cases in Alberta continues to decline, along with hospitalizations and ICU admissions due to the virus. On Wednesday, Alberta Health said 153 new COVID-19 cases had been identified. There were 2,639 total active cases across the province. As of Wednesday, 255 Albertans were in hospital with...
A woman in her 60s from the Winnipeg region is the latest Manitoban with COVID-19 to die, the province said Thursday. Public health officials said as of 9:30 a.m., there were 176 new cases Thursday, bringing the province’s lab-confirmed total to 54,915. Of the new cases, 90 were in the Winnipeg...
According to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, 161 new coronavirus cases have been added to the provincial tally over the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 373,531. Quebec public health has also added one additional death to the total, attributable to “before June 10.” Since Wednesday...
Ontario is reporting 370 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, as the province reaches another new daily milestone for the most shots administered in 24 hours hitting just over 210,000 doses. The provincial case total now stands at 541,180. Thursday’s case count is a decrease from Wednesday’s, with a lower test...
An additional 30,000 appointments for a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine will be added to city-run clinics next week, marking the first time Toronto’s mass immunization sites have offered anything but the Pfizer mRNA vaccine. The new appointments, the city said, are being added to the system in response...
Ontario says it is moving up appointments for second doses of COVID-19 vaccines for a number of groups in the coming weeks, and by June 28 all adults will be eligible for their subsequent shots. Anyone who got a first shot of an mRNA vaccine (either Pfizer of Moderna)...
In a scathing farewell speech, Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq blasted the federal government for inaction on Indigenous issues and accused parliamentary security of racial profiling. During a series of speeches by MPs not seeking re-election, Qaqqaq said federal security frequently stopped her to the point where she did not...